Slapping the backboard during warmups

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Originally posted by ReadyToRef
Looking in the Rule Book, I didn't really find anything to back up the Tech position. Looking in the Case book, I found this comment relating to 10.3.5: "A player who strikes either backboard so forcefully it cannot be ignored because it is an attempt to draw attention to the player...may be assessed a technical foul pursuant to Rule 10-3-7."
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Without having access to my books, my memory is that you'll find the answer to your query in the definition of "player." Most people's sensibility is that it pertains to action *during* the game because -- again, if memory serves -- during warmups there are no "players" yet.